Senate Republicans Reject Iran War Powers Measure 50-47 After Trump Berates Holdouts
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Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 25
Senate Republicans Reject Iran War Powers Measure 50-47 After Trump Berates Holdouts
3 articles · Updated · The Boston Globe · Jun 25
Summary
A 50-47 late-night Senate vote killed a war powers resolution on Iran after Trump pressed Republicans at a Capitol meeting to reverse course.
Trump confronted GOP senators for letting a similar measure pass a day earlier, with Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy among four Republicans targeted over their votes.
Cassidy later received a White House briefing from Vice President JD Vance and envoy Steve Witkoff, then returned to vote against the nearly identical resolution.
The reversal handed Trump a victory on his Iran war authority but deepened a GOP feud that has stalled Senate business and distracted from election-year affordability messaging.